A server’s job is a never-ending source of amazement, be it customers’ kindness, colossal sense of entitlement, or their bizarre requests that evoke it. When it comes to the latter, they range from completely reasonable to bewildering, often leaving the staff with their mouths agape.
Quite a few of such wild requests have been discussed by the members of the ‘Ask Reddit’ community. Redditor u/Repulsive_Compote955 started the thread by addressing the restaurant servers in the group and they didn’t disappoint with their answers. Having witnessed everything from people pouring soy sauce in their Pepsi to fearing certain colors in their salad, they certainly had plenty of stories to share. Scroll down to find them on the list below and enjoy.
You will also find some of the OP’s thoughts on the matter, which they shared with Bored Panda during a recent interview.
#21

Steak boiled in milk with a side of jelly beans. I'll never work in philadelphia again
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83points
#22

Years ago I worked at this amazing Breton French creperie in San Francisco, phenomenal food with a pretty small menu. Guy comes in and orders a sweet crepe with vanilla ice cream. No biggie. Then he wants to add a sunny side up egg and parsley to this crepe. I ask him a number of times if he’s sure he knows what he’s getting and that it’s not 2 separate crepes (1 sweet and 1 savory). He assures me. Of course when I ring it in, the kitchen thinks I made a mistake to which I assure them, it’s not a mistake. I bring out said “vanilla ice cream with sunny side up egg” crepe and the client DEVOURS it.
Weird.
Weird.
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82points
#23

i used to work at olive garden. there was a lady that would come in at least once a week and she was dubbed by us staff as "pepperoncini lady". she would want you to open a new bag of the pepperoncini's we used in the salads and pour out the juice in a cup, she would literally straight up drink the juice. she would also get a bowl of pepperoncinis and just eat them.
78points
#24

Guacamole without avocados - the whole reason behind my name.
She was completely serious too...
77points
#25

Guy ordered spaghetti, after he finished it he complained that it tasted like cinnamon. I told the owner (who is Greek) and he yelled saying **THATS THE SECRET INGREDIENT AND HE ATE IT ALL** so I had to tell him he couldn’t get a refund because he cleaned his plate, and also that he picked up our secret ingredient :-)
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71points
#26

Chili dog, sub chicken noodle soup for chili. She took a bite and said "oh, I made a mistake."
70points
#27

I was at a salad bar and a lady put lettuce on her plate and then covered it in ice. She ate it with a fork, attempting to stab the ice like croutons. No one else seemed to notice. She was chatting with the staff like any regular would. I felt like I was in the Twilight Zone!
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65points
#28

I had a regular that would eat an entree size plate of pepperoncini for lunch. That's it with some soda water. He would take a bite then pour the juice in his soda water. He had to eat like 40 or 50 every time he came in.
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64points
#29

Years ago while leaving a restaurant I saw a guy sitting at the counter seats pouring ketchup into his Sprite, straight out of the glass Heinz bottle. He glanced around to see if anyone was looking and then started pouring it in.
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54points



